Self-Employment Rate, 2013

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Self-Employment Rate, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.0807
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	89.8290
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	89.4946
4	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	89.1645
5	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	88.2286
6	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	88.1259
7	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	87.7925
8	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.4171
9	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	87.1579
10	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	87.1444
11	GuineaGINWestern Africa	86.8004
12	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	85.2031
13	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	84.8792
14	BeninBENWestern Africa	84.2595
15	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	82.9581
16	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.8364
17	MaliMLIWestern Africa	82.2582
18	TogoTGOWestern Africa	82.0853
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	81.6906
20	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	81.6068
21	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	80.6049
22	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	80.5749
23	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	79.3395
24	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	79.3112
25	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	78.5138

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.0000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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